Landscape Preview

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1. Where is one place on the internet you might go to better prepare yourself for the location you are shooting at?
Google Maps.

2. What is one app you might download to help you when trying to pick the best angle to take landscape photos?
Photographer's Ephemeris.

3. What is the biggest problem shooting with a zoom or telephoto lens?
You won't get the effect you want to get.

4. Instead of using the HDR method you learned in my class, what is another technique the website suggest would be acceptable for compensating for sky and ground?
ND grad filter.

5. List three things you should always carry in case of bad weather.
1. Waterproof plastic bag
2. Cleaning cloths
3. Microfiber towel

6. Why would pre-scouting help you when shooting?
Figure out where you would want to shoot.

7. Is subject or composition more important in landscape photography, WHY?
It's not that important because if you try to use the rules of composition then it makes your photos simple and boring.

8. What is the suggested procedure to create simple, yet striking images?
Get less in the shot.

9. Why black and white?
It adds a "new twist" to the photo.

10. Why would you want to go back to a location you have already been?
You would see a different viewpoint, composition, or subject you missed before.

11. Find three landscape images that you like and post them with this blog.


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